To be honest, that is one of Perry's major faults. The number of basic errors that he makes is very poor. The second fault, and the more serious one, is that I have come to suspect he simply makes up stuff to suit himself.

Is the Simpson effort a first edition? If not he was forced to delete the chapter in which he suggests that Meckiff not only chucks but knows he does. I have not read that book for many years, but I remember (I think) he lists Boycott as one of the new exciting fast scoring batsman

Originally Posted by Matt79

Its a reprint, so it doens't mention Meckiff. But he doesn't show any such qualms about sticking it to Charlie Griffith - I only got to the chapter about Griffith this morning on the train and the third line is along the lines of "after watching one ball from Griffith [as the batsman on strike for the first ball of the first test] I knew with absolute certainly - Charlie Griffith is a chucker." The West Indies, including Sobers in particular, cop quite a serve from Simmo.

Picked up a copy of a first edition at the 2nd hand bookstore on the weekend. I can see why the chapter on "Chuckers" caused a bit of a stir.